Lan Qingyou's reason sounded pretty far-fetched.
But on closer thought, it did make sense.
Hunger.
It was an eternal, unchanging biological response.
As long as the other party still fell under the category of "living things," they couldn't escape it.
Though hunger could also make them go berserk,
the monsters Perry had summoned were already berserk to this extent.
How much worse could they get?
At most, they'd tear the Imperial Capital apart.
But if that really happened,
this stone-throwing powerhouse before them wouldn't be nearly as polite as she'd been when they met the Old Emperor.
So, after hearing Lan Qingyou's answer, the roughly thousand-strong group simply joined in the feast.
After all,
if they were going to starve the monsters inside,
they certainly couldn't go hungry themselves.
Not only could they not go hungry, they had to eat well.
Lan Qingyou had said they'd be going in at night.
In other words, they'd be fighting a night battle.
They might end up busy the entire night.
They wouldn't have time to eat then,
so they needed to replenish their strength beforehand.
Taking that into account, the logistics personnel even prepared some dry rations for them to eat during the battle.
By the time night had fallen,
only the patrolling knights were still moving about.
The group waiting in place finally saw Lan Qingyou arrive.
"Are we starting?"
"We can't wait any longer!"
"Get up and move around! We're about to attack!"
When the thousand or so people saw Lan Qingyou, some of them immediately stood up.
They looked excited,
but in truth, if they had a choice, they wouldn't want to go anywhere so dangerous.
But they were people supported by noble families,
and their families had looked after them in the past.
When the time came for